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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by the Justice Department to free a former F.B.I. informant who had pleaded guilty to lying about Hunter Biden and evading his taxes, saying that nothing about the facts of the case had changed and the man might still flee if released.The longtime informant, Alexander Smirnov, pleaded guilty in December in exchange for a six-year prison sentence, admitting that he had lied to the government when he claimed to have information about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter.Before Mr. Smirnov was charged and eventually…
LOS ANGELES — Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that the social media giant’s artificial intelligence chatbot spread false statements about him, including that he participated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Starbuck, known for targeting corporate DEI programs, said he discovered the claims made by Meta’s AI in August 2024, when he was going after “woke DEI” policies at motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson.“One dealership was unhappy with me and they posted a screenshot from Meta’s AI in an effort to attack me,” he said in a post on X.…
The Cleveland Browns had a pretty stern message for Shedeur Sanders when they informed the Colorado quarterback that they were selecting him in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft: get ready to compete.Cleveland shared a video of its phone call with Sanders from Draft Day on Wednesday. In the video, Browns general manager Andrew Berry addressed Sanders’ surprising fall before offering some motivating words for the team’s newest quarterback.”I know it’s been a long weekend,” Berry told Sanders as the Browns drafted him with the 144th overall pick. “We’re going to take you off the board here, alright…
Chris Krebs, the former cybersecurity official in President Trump’s first term whom the president recently targeted for investigation because he had said that the 2020 election had been conducted securely, learned this week that his membership in a program giving travelers expedited status had been revoked.Mr. Krebs received an email on Wednesday alerting him that his status in the Global Entry program had changed, prompting him to log into his account. The program, run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, lets people deemed low-risk re-enter the country faster than normal travelers.Mr. Krebs told CNN, which reported the news earlier, that…
Will Trump tariffs boost U.S. manufacturing? Will Trump tariff plan actually boost U.S. manufacturing? 05:12 As concerns mount about the economic fallout from steep U.S. tariffs on key trade partners, President Trump is highlighting what he says is a major benefit of stepped-up import duties: corporate investment in the U.S.The White House on Wednesday unveiled a website to track U.S. and foreign companies that have announced investments in U.S. manufacturing and other projects since the beginning of Mr. Trump’s second term. The so-called investment tracker currently lists 47 projects involving 50 companies based on the size of their financial commitments.”Since…
Judging by the headlines, Sir Keir Starmer’s predecessor has gone for the jugular.”Net zero is doomed to fail, warns Tony Blair,” wrote The Times; “Blair blows hole in Labour’s net zero plans,” said The Independent; “Net zero is doomed, Blair tells Starmer,” cheered The Daily Telegraph. Clearly a direct attack on one of Sir Keir’s central missions for government, and on the eve of local elections, no less.Yet at the despatch box later – “in full head teacher mode,” according to our politics team – Mr Starmer scolded the house.”If you look at the details of what Tony Blair said,…
Feb 272025 Surging Audit and Denial Rates Signal Need to Prioritize Continuous Financial Risk Monitoring in 2025 Ritesh Ramesh By Ritesh Ramesh, CEO, MDaudit. Amid a 125% rise in coding-related denials and a 140% increase in inpatient medical necessity denials, 2025 will see healthcare providers deploying real-time financial risk monitoring as a cornerstone of stability. Adding to the urgency around overhauling revenue cycle management (RCM) strategies to prioritize revenue optimization and risk mitigation is a fivefold increase in total “at risk” dollars to $11.2 million and a doubling of external audit volume in 2024 over 2023—including a sizable increase in…
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TOKYO :Japanese trading house Mitsui on Thursday posted a 900.3 billion yen ($6.3 billion) net profit for the year ended in March, 15.4 per cent down from a year ago amid weaker performance in its liquefied natural gas trading and lower coking coal prices. An LSEG poll of analysts had expected Mitsui to post 913.6 billion yen in annual profit for the last fiscal year. The company forecasts net profit for the year ending in March 2026 at 770 billion yen as it expects weak iron ore and coking coal prices to persist in addition to lower crude oil prices.…
The growing list of major economies warning of weaker growth because of U.S. tariffs has a new member.The Bank of Japan said on Thursday that it expects the Japanese economy to grow 0.5 percent in the fiscal year that started on April 1. That is a sharp downgrade from the 1.1 percent the central bank had forecast in January.Explaining the change, the Bank of Japan cited “trade and other policies” leading to a slowdown in overseas economies and a decline in domestic corporate profits. The outlook was released alongside an announcement that the central bank would keep interest rates unchanged…